January 30, 2024
Most people in the United States today understand that the situation at our southern border is a crisis. Looking back to FY2001 (October 2000 through September 2001) at the illegal border crossings, here is what has happened since then.
Using data from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform, here are the numbers.
In FY01 there were 1,266,214 illegal entries. That was when George W. Bush was President. Through the rest of his term, until FY2009 the number generally decreased, and during the last fiscal year of Bush’s second term, the number was 733,825.
During Barack Obama’s two terms, the numbers were lower, but started to rise during Obama’s second term, ending at 415,816.
During the tenure of Donald Trump, in the first two years, the numbers were lower than that of Obama’s last year in office. During the Trump’s third year, FY2019, the number rose to 859,501, and during Trump’s last year in office, FY2020, the number was 405,036. During Trump’s 4-year tenure, the total of illegal entries was 1,979,210.
Joe Biden became President in FY2021, and the illegal entries totaled 1,662,167. The following year, the number rose to 2,214,652, and in Biden’s third year, FY2023, the number was more than 3.2 million.
Since Biden took office, 6.2 million illegal entries have occurred at our southern border. In his first year, more than 400% more illegals entered the country than in Trump’s last year, and nearly as many as in Trump’s total after four years as President.
A report released on October 26th by the House Committee on Homeland Security contains these Key Facts:
* Encounters at the Southwest border in FY2023 increased over 40% since FY2021, 4% compared to FY2022, and more than 100% compared to FY2019.
* Last month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported a 40% increase compared to September 2021 and 18% compared to September 2022.
*Since President Biden took office, there have been 7.5 million encounters nationwide and 6.2 million encounters at the Southwest border, in addition to 1.7 million known gotaways.
*In FY2023, 169 individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry. 18 were apprehended in September alone.
*So far in FY2023, CBP has arrested 35,433 aliens with criminal convictions or outstanding warrants nationwide, including 598 known gang members, 178 of those being MS-13 members.
*In FY2023, CBP, including Air and Marine Operations, has seized 27,293 pounds of fentanyl, coming across the Southwest border—enough to kill more than 6 billion people.
An opinion article authored by Simon Hankinson appearing in The Hill last month lays the blame for this catastrophe at the feet of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “It is hard to think of a single appointed official in U.S. history who has done more harm to this country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and rule of law than this one man,” he wrote. But as culpable as Mayorkas is, he must share the blame with his boss, Joe Biden, who approves of his “work.”
In contrast to today’s goings-on, here are the opinions of two prominent Democrats from several years ago.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY had this to say about border security and illegal entries to our country in 2009, during Barack Obama’s presidency.
“People who enter the United States without our permission are illegal aliens, and illegal aliens are people who should not be treated the same as people who entered the U.S. legally.
“Illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple.
“Until the American people are convinced that we will stop future flows of illegal immigration, we will make no progress in dealing with the millions of illegal immigrants who are here now.
“When we use phrases like ‘undocumented workers,’ we convey a message to the American people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration, which the American people overwhelmingly oppose.
“If you don’t think it’s illegal, you’re not going to say it. I think it is illegal, and wrong.”
And in 2007 during George W. Bush’s presidency, then-Senator Joe Biden, D-DE, offered this advice.
“Ladies and gentlemen, no great country can say it is secure without being able to control its borders. Period. What I would do about it is what I proposed to do about it almost 13 year ago.
“I would radically ramp up the number of border security guards we have, the use of electronic surveillance material we have to guard the border, and the number of what they call ‘virtual fences.’ They’re not really fences. Virtual fences from aerostat balloons … whereby we could control the border much, much better.”
Very wise words from men who today hold two of our most important government positions, and who are now 180 degrees in opposition to their sensible positions of several ago.
This crisis can be ended fairly quickly if Biden would reverse his Executive Orders that changed so many things about border enforcement, by enforcing existing laws, restoring “remain in Mexico” and Title 42, and following Texas’ example of blocking the border.
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